Container for shipping cans



Aug. 3 1926.

' W. J. TOWLE CONTAINER FOR SHIPPING CANS Filed April 11. 1924 17y VENTOR 'MLUA J. 75WLE d-kv-b/iwcrs Patented Aug. 3, 1926.

UNITED STATES e 1,594,432 PATENT, OFFICE...

WILLIAM J. TOWLE, 'OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

CONTAINER FOR SHIPPING CANS.

Application filed April 11, 1924. Serial No. 705,751.

This invention relates to improvements in containers in whichv shipping cans. may be placed and by which they will be protected while being handled, packed and transported by express, freighter otherwise.

The objects'I have in view are to provide an inexpensive container in which a can may be placed and by which it will be fully protected while-being handled, packed or transported, while at the same time the convenient lifting ofthe package, (can and. container) by means of'a handle secured upon the top of the can, is not interfered with.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a perspective view of a container embodying my invention, showing a can arranged therein;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same;

Figure 3 is a partial vertical section on line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4: is a partialvertical section on line 4-4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a plan of the container-showing a cylindrical can arranged therein, the flaps at the top of the container being opened to show the arrangement thereof, and to show also the manner in which the flaps are cut and scored;

Figure 6 is a horizontal section on line 6-6 of Figure 3 looking in the direction of the arrow, the scale of Figures 5 and 6 being substantiallyone-half the scale of the other figures of the drawing.

I have shown for illustration a cylindrical can 2, arranged in the container and having a filling and pouring nozzle 4, closed by a suitable cap, and having a handle 3, centrally secured upon the top of the can.

5 represents the body of the container, which is preferably formed of heavy paper, straw or fiber board, and which is preferably rectangular or square in cross section. For shipping cylindrical or square cans a square container will usually be employed. The

container is provided at two of its upper opposite or free edges with flaps 6, 6, hinged to the body, preferably by creasing or scoring the material at the base of the flap, and provided also with the score lines 10, parallel to the hinges of the flaps and forming the short end flaps 7, 7, (Figures 4; and 5). The end flaps 7, 7, are turned so as to stand at right angles to the main portions of the flaps. These flaps 6, 6, are turned down over the top of the can, the main portion 6 of each flap being. in a horizontal position, I

while the shortend flaps 7 stand in a vertical position and rest upon the topof the can (Figure 1). At its other edges the top of the container is provided with the flaps 8, 8, the same being hinged to the upper edges of the opposite walls of the container so as to turn into horizontal positions over the flaps 6, 6, as indicated in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings. Narrow flaps 9 are provided centrally at the edges of the flaps 8 by the scored lines 11 and the slits 12, 12.

The end flaps 7 and 9 are substantially equal in length to the height ofthe handle 3, as shown in Figures 1," 3 and 4:"OIE the drawings. The end flaps 7 extendentirely across the top of the can and the full width of the interior of the container, as shown in Figure 6. The width of the end flaps 9 is substantially equal to the distance between the end flaps 7 when said end flaps are turned into the vertical position shownin Figures 4: and 6, so that the end flaps-9 turn down between the flaps 7 and hold the same in their vertical position and the end fla s 9 stand in a vertical position and are he 01 in a vertical position by the ends of the handle 3, as shown in Figures 3 and 6.

. With this arrangement a can is first placed in the container, with its handle 3 extending lengthwise and substantially parallel to the edges of theflaps 6, 6. The end sections 7, 7, of the flaps 6, 6, are turned at right angles to the body of the flap, as shown in Figures 4 and 6. The flaps 8 are then turned down into a horizontal position so that they overlie the flaps 6, 6, to which they may be glued, the flaps 6, 6, having their end portions 7, 7, turned down at right angles to the plane of the flaps by means of the scored. dotted lines 10, 10. Each of the flaps 8, 8, has slots 12, 12, and is scored on the line 11, so that a narrow flap 9, is thereby formed. This flap may be turned at right angles to the body of the flap 8 and then projected at right angles downward between the vertical ends 7, 7, of the flaps 6, 6, and close to the ends of the handle 3, as shown in the drawings.

With this arrangement, the flaps 6, 6,

turned into a horizontal position, with their end portions 7, 7, extending at right angles and bearing upon the top of the can body,

upon the top of the can body, the package is completely closed, as represented in Figure l of the drawings, while the handle 3 lies within the opening formed between the vertical ends of the flaps, and may be conveniently grasped by the operator when he de sires to lift or handle a can.

The turned-clown portions 7 and 9 of the flaps 6 and 8 all bear on the top of the can body, and thus reinforce the top of the container preventing it from collapsing, or being bent downward, when pressure is applied thereto as by placing a heavy weight on the top of the container.

package formed by the can and the container, as described, maybe handled and packed in express OI'T-lfilfllllljC-QTS easily. It

will stack and ride in the cars, and will stack in storage, much better and easier than a round package. The square 'openingin the top makes i t easy to geta securehold of the handle, and the turned down edges o' f the coyerflaps, as before stated, reinforce the cover preventing its -collapsing' This package costs less to manufacture than 't'herordi-nary wood veneer jacketed can of commerce. It not-only costs less to manu fa'ctur'e, but it ta kes a lesser freight ratethan the ordinary wood jacketed can.

While I have shown the conta-"ner used with-a round can it is obvious that itinay be used for shipping either a square canf 7 1 claim as -1I1y"i11V'entiOI1 '1. A container for shipping cans, comprising a rectangular open ended body proround or a vided with a folding 'flap at each of its free edg'esytwo cf the opposite flaps being provided with full width end flaps and 'the' other opposite flaps being provided with centrally arranged narrowwend flaps, the

width of said narrow end flaps ibeingsubstantia'lly equal to the distance between the full width end flaps, when the latter are in folded position. h V "2. A conta-inerfor s'h pping'ca'nsprovided with a folding flap at eachof its free edges.

each of said flaps being transversely scored to provide end flaps, two of said end flaps being'of full width and the others of naring handle and anu pwardly projecting fill ing nozzle, .a'conta-iner for the can provided with fold-able end flaps, the freeredges of the fia-psextending only to :a point substantially flush with the'top of the handle a nclia'bove the top of the filling nozzle eachof the free edges of the flapsb'eing provided with a folding flap bent down to .rest against the top,;th e :lengthsof the end flaps being. less than one-half the width .Of the container whereby when the end flaps, are folded into a horizontal EPOSIlJIOH, a central opening is provided in the cover through which the can.

handle may be grasped. I

5. The combination with a shipping can provided at one end with :a'centra'lly "ar ranged handle, of a container withinwhich said can is arranged, said container being or" rectangular form and provided at each of'its free edges with a folding flap, rar

ranged to fold across the end :of the -'con tainer and over the top of the can, the

lengths of said flaps being :less than one-hal-f th'e diaineter of the can, whereby an open space is provided for the can handle when i the flaps are folded.

In witnesswhereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of April 1-924.

' WILLIAM J. TGWLE. 

